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Captain Cook crossed Antarctica
James Cook was born in the Yorkshire village of Marton on October 27, 1728. His first experience at sea came at the age of 18. On November 23, 1772, Cook sailed out of Cape Town heading into the unknown waters to the south. On December 11 the crew of the ADVENTURE thought they found it. What they actually sighted was an iceberg and by the following day they found themselves at the edge of an endless pack of ice. On January 17, 1773, the ships became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. -
Thaddeus Bellingshausen
Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was born in 1778 and was a naval cadet at the age of ten. Bellingshausen was chosen to command the two ships, Vostok and the smaller and slower Mirnyi, with a total of 189 officers and crew when making his journey to Antarctica. In 1819 he crossed the Antarctica circle after Captain James Cook but he found land in Antarctica. -
Captain John Davis
Captain John Davis was born in England in 1884, he first went to sea at age 16, earning his first mate's certificate five years later. In London in 1907, he met Ernest Shackleton, who appointed him first mate on the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-09. After the captain resigned, Davis was given command for the voyage back to England.He was the first person known to set foot on Antarctica's untouched land in 1821. -
James Weddell
James Weddell who was born on the 27th of August 1787 was a British whaler that discovered the sea that is named after him and after that he went to the most southerly point at that time 74° 15' S. -
Carsten Borchgrevink
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was born in Norway in 1864.He was the first person to live through the winter on the Antarctic mainland at Cape Adare was Carsten Borchgrevink. The focus was to determine the magnetic South Pole. -
Captain Scott
Captain Scott directs his first Antarctic expedition to attempt to reach the South Pole, with Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson. But they were forced to turn back after two months because it reached 82 degrees, suffering from snow blindness and scurvy. -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer. He was born on the 16th of July 1872. He was the first to reach the South Pole, the first to make a ship voyage through the Northwest Passage, and one of the first to cross the Arctic by air. He was one of the greatest figures in the field of polar exploration. -
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson was born on 5 May 1882 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England.In December Douglas Mawson begins his travel across George V Land back to his base at Commonwealth Bay. -
Caroline Mikkelsen
The first ever woman to ever step foot in Antarctica was Caroline Mikkelsen, but there is no exact date known. -
Edith Ronne and Jennie Darlington
Edith Ronne and Jennie Darlington were the first women to survive on the continent and they were Americans.
